Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Research day turned out to be a failure. My other burning questions were:
1. Is the term "crocodile plates" (meaning traffic flow plates) a reference to the bony armour plates on the back of the crocodile, or is it a reference to the throat plates that enable crocodiles to confidently drown large prey. (Steve Irwin excepted). I had hoped it was the second meaning, it being rather more apt given how effective crocodile plates are in grounding cars. It turns out that "crocodile plates" is actually ungooglable, practically a googlewhack. Mystery unsolved.
2. Is there an operational policy at Starbucks determining who should get free christmas chocolate coins, or does it just depend on whether the barista likes you? This was ungooglable for the opposite reason, that "Starbucks" elicits 2900000 hits rendering any attempt to delve into their corporate psyche impossible. I shall have to assume that the cute Czech girl who serves at Millenium Wheel Starbucks doesn't fancy me, where as the butch biker dude at Marylebone Starbucks probably does.
All this research failure led to me drowning my sorrows in fine style. I was entertaining Tom Macrae (who doesn't get an IMDB credit on Nine Lives(with Paris Hilton no less)) and Adrian Christopher who does. Three bottles of champers and numerous cocktails later.......and this has been my worst work day in years. This hangover will probably last until I escape to Cape Town on Friday.
1. Is the term "crocodile plates" (meaning traffic flow plates) a reference to the bony armour plates on the back of the crocodile, or is it a reference to the throat plates that enable crocodiles to confidently drown large prey. (Steve Irwin excepted). I had hoped it was the second meaning, it being rather more apt given how effective crocodile plates are in grounding cars. It turns out that "crocodile plates" is actually ungooglable, practically a googlewhack. Mystery unsolved.
2. Is there an operational policy at Starbucks determining who should get free christmas chocolate coins, or does it just depend on whether the barista likes you? This was ungooglable for the opposite reason, that "Starbucks" elicits 2900000 hits rendering any attempt to delve into their corporate psyche impossible. I shall have to assume that the cute Czech girl who serves at Millenium Wheel Starbucks doesn't fancy me, where as the butch biker dude at Marylebone Starbucks probably does.
All this research failure led to me drowning my sorrows in fine style. I was entertaining Tom Macrae (who doesn't get an IMDB credit on Nine Lives(with Paris Hilton no less)) and Adrian Christopher who does. Three bottles of champers and numerous cocktails later.......and this has been my worst work day in years. This hangover will probably last until I escape to Cape Town on Friday.
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